“The beacon continuously relays selected live web searches as they are being made around the world, presenting them back in series and at regular intervals.
The beacon has been instigated to act as a silent witness: a feedback loop providing a global snapshot of ourselves to ourselves in real time.”
It’s a webcrawer that runs over (with?) Google. And while the visual aspect of the page is lacking, reading what people search for will more than make it up. It becomes a little addictive even.
The term “nerd” comes from an original spelling “knurd.” The term is originated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the late 1940s. Students who party and rarely study are called “drunks,” while students who are always studying are known as “knurds” (drunks spelled backwards). The TV show Happy Days gives the phrase its national popularity.
Who knew? More importantly, what is the modern-day definition? I think it can be better defined as “One that is passionate about an area of concentration, most notably computers and technology, but any subject can suffice.”
Today I was conducting an online training for one of our software products. There were about 20 people on the call from all over the country at different companies. At the end of the 45 minute session, I asked “are there any questions?” one person started to ask something, and I heard the unmistakable sound of Chewbacca on the line. Not quite sure, I continued to answer the question, and then it happened two more times. It was very, very hard to maintain a professional demeanor on the phone. One of my co-workers was on the phone and confirmed what happened. I love corporate America.
Lang has been hard at work creating instruments for The Air Band. Above, he demonstrates some of what he’s come up with. I never, ever would have thought that the tall, lanky guy that showed up in my dorm room almost ten years ago would wind up building such amazing things. Watch for big things coming out of this corner soon.